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JONES
,
HUMPHREY ROWLAND
(
1832
-
1895
),
evangelist
;

b. at
Gwarcwm Bach
,
Llancynfelyn, Cards.
,
11 Oct. 1832
, son of
HumphreyJones
and
Elizabeth
, daughter of
HughRowlands
,
Tre'rddôl
. His parents emigrated to
America
in
1847
, and he was brought up by his aunt at
Tre'rddôl
. He began to
preach
at the age of 15, and in
1854
, being unsuccessful as a candidate for the
Wesleyan
ministry, he left for
Oshkosh
,
Wisconsin
, where revivals were in full swing.
Jones
caught the fire, and on returning to
Tre'raddôl
started the
Welsh Revival
of
1858-60
, and, with
DavidMorgan
,
Yspyty
(
1814
-
1883
) (q.v.)
, was very successful. The strain proved too much for him, and he retired, leaving the field to
Morgan
. In
1871
, he returned to
America
with his health
impaired physically and mentally
. He was a hospital patient at
Winnebago
,
Wisconsin
, for five years. On his discharge he resumed
preaching
and took charge of small
Welsh
churches at
Cambria
and
South Bend
,
Minnesota
. He d. at
Chilton
,
Wisconsin
,
8 May 1895
, and was buried at
Brant
,
Wisconsin
.

Sources:

Evan Isaac
,
Humphrey Jones a Diwygiad 1859
.

Author:

Idwal Lewis, Aberystwyth

Corrections and additions:

JONES
,
HUMPHREY ROWLAND
(
1832
-
1895
;
DWB
, 469).

His father's name was
HughJones
. His birthplace was not
Gwarcwm Bach
. His christening is recorded in the parish register on
10 Nov.
as that of the son of
Hugh
and
ElizabethJones
of ‘
Trerddol
alias
Yniscapel
’. He was born either in the home of his mother's parents, the
Half-way Inn
,
Tre'rddôl
, or in that of his father's parents,
Ynyscapel
. He was between 4 and 6 years of age when the family settled at
Gwarcwm Bach
sometime
between 1836 and 1838
.